Advertising device



y 1929. D. o. JONES 1,721,597

ADVERTISING nEvIc'E Jared UZd er Jnes INVENTOR ATTORNEY July 23, 1929.

o. o. JONES 1,721,597

ADVBRTI S ING DEVICE Filed June 4, 1928 2 ShQQiS -SDOOt 2 J4 P flaredObi er Jones 3 I I INNENT OR ATTORNIY Patented July 23, 1929.

DAVID OLIVER JONES,

OF TAFT, CALIFORNIA.

ADVERTISING DE VICE.

Application filed June 4,

My present invention has reference to a display device for advertisingmatter.

My primary object is the provision of a device for this purpose whereinany desired number of superimposed members have re movably arranged uponeach of their faces a card containing advertising matter, and whereinthe articles referred to by the advertisement on the cards may beattached thereto and to provide simple, strong and durable means forslowly and intermittently imparting a rotary motion to said memberswhereby the advertisement on one face of each of the members will bebrought to dis play position for a determined period of time and aftersuch period the said members will be successively turned to bring otheradvertising matters on the faces thereof to display positions, so thatall the advertisements will be successively displayed, the operationbeing slow but continuous.

A further object is the provision in a de vice for this purpose, ofsimple but novel means for effectively clamping advertising cards,posters or the like to the slowly rotatable members on which suchadvertising matters are attached.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from aconsideration of the following detailed description when read inconnection with the accompanying drawings which form part of theapplication, with the understanding, however, that the improvement iscapable of extending application and is not confined to the exactshowing of the drawings nor to the precise construction described and,therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therefrom as donot affect the spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof asexpressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the'improvement.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional View approximately on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view approximately on the line 4: l ofFigure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the substantially rectangularrotatable members showing one of the card clamping elements thereofremoved therefrom,

My improvement may be employed either in or out-doors. The body of theimprove- 1928. Serial NO. 282,612.

ment is preferably constructed of metal which is rust proof and'whichmay be suitably ornamented. The body is in the nature of a hollowsubstantially rectangular casing 1 of any desired height, depth andwidth. The face of the casing is provided with transversely arrangedsubstantially rectangular openings 2 and the edges of the casing arebeveled or inclined inwardly, as at 3, to the face 4; thereof. The face4 may be provided with any desired number of openings 2, and in thecasing, and to the rear of each of the said openings there is arranged ahollow substantially rectangular member 5. Each member 5 has its endsprovided with bearings for a shaft 6, the said bearings being in thenature of hubs and being provided with threaded. openings for thereception of bolts or like binding elements which contact with the shaft6 and hold the members 5 thereon.

On two of its oppositely disposed corners there is fixed on each of thebodies, inwardly extending plates 7 which are arranged out of contactwith the faces of the body, and the corners of these plates are mitered,as at 8. The spaced plates provide guideways for advertising cards,posters or the like. One end of each of the body members 5 is providedwith outstanding studs 9. The second end of each of the bodies beingprovided with a threaded opening 10. The studs 9 are designed to bereceived in depressions or openings 11 in flanges 12 on one of the endsof rectangular frames 13. The second end of each of the frames 13 isalso formed with a flange 14. The flanges 12 and 14 do not extend thelength of the body but are of such length wherebythe ends thereof willcontact with the edges of the angle portions 15 of the plates 7 when thestuds 9 are received in the openings 11 and openings 16 in the flangesl-l are brought into alinement with the openings 10 in the member 4.

There are screwed through the openings 16 and 10, short screws 17. Thelongitudinal edges of the frames 13 are flanged inwardly, as at 18, andthese flanges have mitered ends 19 to contact with the mitered ends 8 ofthe guide plates or flanges 7 By this arrangement it will be seen thatthe advertising cards can be easily and quickly attached to all of thefaces of the substantially rectangular card holding members 5 and likewise that the Said advertising cards or like matters will be rigidlyheld on the holder so that the said cards may have attached thereto andamply support articles referred to in the advertising matter on suchcards.

The shafts 6 are journaled through suitable bearing openings inpartition plates in the body 1. One of these partition plates is fordistinction indicated by the numeral 20 and the end of each of theshafts 6 extending through said plate 20 has fixed thereon a Genevawheel 21. On the outer face of the partition plate there are fixedU-shaped brackets 22 that surround the Geneva wheels and likewiseprovide the outer bearings for short shafts 26, the inner ends of thesaid shafts being journaled through shearing openings in the plate 20.On each of the short shafts 26 there is fixed a notched guide wheel 27for the respective Geneva 'wheels 21 and on the outer face of each ofthe wheels 27 there is fixed a disc 28 that carries a pin 29 to bereceived in the slots of the respective Geneva wheels. The short shafts,on what I have termed their outer ends have each fixed thereon a beveledgear 30 and these gears are in mesh with similar gears 31 on avertically disposed shaft 32 that is journaled in bearings adjacent tothe top and at the bottom of the casing 1. The shaft 32, adjacent to itslower end has fixedly secured thereon a beveled gear 33 which is in meshwith a similar but smaller gear 34. This gear 34: is fixed on the end ofa shaft of one of the gears in a reducing gear housing 35. The detailsof the construction of the gears in the reducing housing is not believednecessary as the same is common and well known in the art but one ofthese gears is rotated by the shaft 36 of an electrically driven motor37 that is supported on the bottom wall of the housing 1. By referenceto Figure 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the pins 29 on therespect-ive discs 28 are so arranged that the slowly turning shaft 32will revolve the short shafts 26 a predetermined distance before therespective pins 29 are brought into the slots ofthe Geneva wheelstherefor and as a result the advertising cards or posters 38 on thefaces of the holders 4 will be arranged in display position for apredetermined period of time and thereafter each of the said holderswill be intermittently imparted a one-fourth revolution to bring thenext face of the holder and the advertising matter 38 thereon to displayposition. The rotary movement of the holders, as stated, is slow andintermittent, so that all of the advertising matter on the holders willbe successively displayed in timed relation to each other.

The improvement is of an extremely simple nature and contains few partsbut the same is strongly constructed so that the device will operatewithout necessitating repairs for an indefinite period of time or as amatterof-fact, as long as the current is directed to the motor 37. Theinwardly flanged or flared portions of the receptacle 1 will direct theattention of the public to the advertising cards or matters displayed.At night time special lighting effects are provided so that theadvertisements are properly displayed at night as well as in the daytime. The improvement, as stated, may be employed either indoors, oroutdoors and the simplicity of the construction and the advantagesthereof will be perfectly apparent without further detailed description,it being thought merely necessary to add that any desired number ofopenings may be provided in the casing and, of course, any desirednumber of advertising holders may be arranged to the rear of suchopenings. Also it is to be understood that the mem bers 4, in theturning thereof are partly projected through the openings.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A rectangular structure in the form of a parallelopiped and having abearing centrally of one end for rotatably mounting the same forsuccessive display of its longitudinal surfaces; inwardly extendingplates on two transverse opposed corner edges overlying and spaced fromopposite sides of the frame; and rectangular frames slightly wider thanthe inwardly extending flanges on the longitudinal and transverse edgesthereof, each frame being secured over opposed sides of the structurewith its longitudinal flanges lying in the plane of the plates, saidplates and longitudinal flanges having contiguous mitered edges toprovide substantially continuous spaced retaining flanges around theperimeter of each longitudinal face of the structure.

2 A rectangular structure in the form of a parallelopiped and having abearing centrally of one end for rotatably mounting the same forsuccessive display of its longitudinal surfaces; inwardly extendingplates on the two transverse opposed corner edges overlying and spacedfrom opposite sides of the frame; and rectangular frames slightly widerthan the inwardly extending flanges on the longitudinal and transverseedges thereof, each frame being secured over opposed sides of thestructure with it's longitudinal flanges lying in the plane of theplates, said plates and longitudinal flanges having contiguous miterededges to provide substantially continuous spaced retaining flangesaround the perimeterof each longitudinal face of the structure, saidframe being detachable from the structure for the insertion of displaymatter between the retaining flanges and the structure.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

DAVID OLIVER JONES.

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